"The Most Dangerous Game"- 1/10

Warm Up:
-As a class we will discuss the plot structures in "The Big City"
-Students will practice identifying plot structures once more using the Disney-Pixar short film "For the Birds"

Work Session:
-Students will use the writing prompt to create responses to the anticipatory questions for the short story
-As a class we will discuss the responses to the prompt
-As a class we will begin reading "The Most Dangerous Game," pausing only for vocabulary alerts
-Students will work with their Captain America learning partner
-Each group will receive a green and red chip to display, depending upon need, as they finish reading the story and identifying the unfamiliar vocabulary, plot structures, and central conflict in the story

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a Four Corner response to the Essential Questions

Grammar Skills Pre-assessment, Flexible Grouping, and Starting Unit 1-1/9

Warm Up:

-Students will receive their graded responses to the letter of introduction and discuss further grading procedures

-Students will construct the Table of Contents in the inner two pages of their interactive notebook

-Students will be instructed to mark the front of their notebook with the MLA heading we will be using for all written work throughout the semester

-Students will complete the short grammar pre-assessment test

Work Session:

-Students will take notes in their interactive notebooks on the plot structures found in short form fiction

-These include exposition, rising action, types of conflict, climax, and denoument

-Students will view the short cartoon, “The Big City” and use the associated worksheet to identify the plot structures for further discussion

-Students will affix the plot structure template to their interactive notebooks for “The Most Dangerous Game”

-As a class we will begin reading and discussing “The Most Dangerous Game” from the textbook

-Students must identify plot structure and take notes in the template all throughout, time will be reserved to do this near the end of the work session

Summarizer:

-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown today that relates to the comprehension of what we have read of the short story so far

Letter of Introduction- 1/8

Warm Up:

-Students will receive the letter of introduction to read and respond to as the instructor takes attendance and reviews student transcripts

Work Session:

-Students will receive the class syllabus and review classroom rules and procedures

-Students will additionally receive cloze notes to fill in as we proceed through classroom rules and procedures

-Student will receive information about the interactive notebook and view a model of one

-Students will turn in the summer reading assignment while the instructor discusses grading policy

-Students will be given time to complete their responses to the letter of introduction

Summarizer:                                                                             

-Students will turn in completed responses to the letter of introduction

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The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Mini-Research Projects- 12/9/13

Warm Up:
-The instructor will review the film viewing guide that was collected Friday
-The second half of the learning contract will be collected and assessed

Work Session:
-A majority of class will be spent viewing and discussing "The Hunger Games"
-Special focus will be on the dystopian similarities between the film and the novel Divergent
-Students will receive the mini-research project directions
-Students will use the remainder of class to browse in class print and online resources for their project

Summarizer:
-Students will record the subject of their mini-research papers on a sticky note and affix it to the teacher desk before leaving today

EOCT- 12/3/13

All students will be taking EOCTs today.  This will take the entirety of the class.

EOCT Preparation- 12/2

-Students will be in the computer lab today for the entirety of class
-Students will be working on Study Island or the USA Test Prep extra credit project in preparation for the EOCT tomorrow